Devine Scripture

Joshua 4:6

Joshua chapter 4 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Context

v.5and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

v.6This passage

v.7then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 6:20

    When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

  • Exodus 31:13

    Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

  • Exodus 12:14

    And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

  • Psalms 78:3

    Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

  • Numbers 16:38

    even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

  • Exodus 12:26

    And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?